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Abrefah, J., Braid, A.A., Wang, W., Khalil, Y. and Olander, D.R. (1994) High Temperature Oxidation of UO2 in Steam-Hydrogen Mixtures. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 208, 98-110.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-3115(94)90201-1

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• TITLE: Thermodynamic Assessment of UO2 Pellet Oxidation in Mixture Atmospheres under Spent Fuel Pool Accident

  AUTHORS: Dong-Joo Kim, Jong Hun Kim, Keon Sik Kim, Jae Ho Yang, Sun Ki Kim, Yang-Hyun Koo

  KEYWORDS: Spent Nuclear Fuel Pool, UO2 Fuel Pellet, UO2 Oxidation, Oxygen Partial Pressure

  JOURNAL NAME: World Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, Vol.5 No.2, April 15, 2015

  ABSTRACT: For an analysis of the oxidation behavior of UO2 nuclear fuel pellet under a loss of water coolant accident in a spent nuclear fuel pool of an LWR, thermodynamic assessments of UO2 oxidation were carried out under various atmospheric conditions. In a steam atmosphere, it was assessed that UO2 would not be fully oxidized into U3O8 due to the relatively lower oxygen partial pressure, while UO2 will be fully oxidized into U3O8 in an air atmosphere. In an air and steam mixture atmosphere, the UO2 oxidation was dominantly affected by the air volumetric fraction, because of the relatively higher oxygen partial pressure of air. In addition, the effect of H2 volumetric fraction on the oxygen partial pressure under a mixture atmosphere was calculated, and it was revealed that UO2 pellet oxidation could be reduced above the critical value of H2 volumetric fraction.